Educating Milwaukee: How One City's History of Segregation and Struggle Shaped Its Schools

"Milwaukee's story is unique in that its struggle for integration and quality education has been so closely tied to [school] choice." —from the Introduction

"Educating Milwaukee: How One City's History of Segregation and Struggle Shaped Its Schools" traces the origins of the modern school choice movement, which is growing in strength throughout the United States. Author James K. Nelsen follows Milwaukee's tumultuous education history through three eras—"no choice," "forced choice," and "scho...